Yung Garfield

Yung Garfield (born June 19, 1978) is a rapper, producer and a former Flex Entertainment Executive. He was signed to Flex Entertainment in the April of 2019. Popular cartoon character Garfield is the inspiration behind his gimmick. He departed from the label in early January 2021. He died on 2/9/21.

He is known for his deep lyrics about Beans, 2PAC, Fortnite, and more VERY DEEP subjects. He is also known for his hit singles "Cosby," "My Mom Beat Me," "New Beans," and "Better Flex Charts." His debut album "BOMBOCLAAT" was released on September 11, 2020. He also has released a mixtape "Super Gar-Gar" and plans to release a second "Water Lasagna."

2019-2020: Signing to Flex Entertainment and "Super Gar-Gar"
Yung Garfield started working on satirical rap in September of 2018 Yung Garfield later joined Flex in April of 2019, He released a few singles here and there which would then lead up to his first album titled 'Super Gar Gar' Released March 27th, 2020. The album received negative reviews.

2020-present: Breakthrough and "BOMBOCLAAT"
Garfield announced that he planned on releasing a three-part series of albums called "BOMBOCLAAT" in the latter half of 2020. However, the album was intended to be a single album rather than multiple. On June 11, 2020, he released the lead single "Cosby" which featured rapper and internet meme Viper. It has become his most successful single to date, debuting at No. 13 on the Flex Entertainment Hot 100. It went on to peak at No. 12. The song's initial chart debut caused a lot of controversies in which its big Spotify numbers weren't counted due to the lack of access to the data. Garfield accused the charts of being "rigged." The chart's owner Beetlebat denied the claims and blamed Garfield for not submitting the numbers himself as he had no access.

On June 29, 2020, Yung Garfield left Flex Entertainment as he felt like the serious artists were outshining the satirical artists and didn't feel like he belonged on the label. His farewell post ended up becoming a copypasta used by Kardia to leave the label. He ended up returning to the label again on July 3, 2020. A remix of "Cosby" with fellow Flex Entertainment artists Big Baller B and Lil Squeaky was released on July 3.

Garfield released two more singles for BOMBOCLAAT. "New Beans" featuring Lil Squeaky and John which was initially included on the Flex Gang Vol. 2 compilation album. However, that version was a heavily edited version in which John was renamed Johnn Johnn and many tweaks were made to the instrumental, including a guitar solo at the end by former Flex artist Willberto. The original version was released only a few days later, and most fans agree that the original version is superior to the version seen on Flex Gang Vol. 2. The single peaked at number 13 on the Flex Entertainment Hot 100. The third single for "BOMBOCLAAT" was "Better Flex Charts," featuring Emily Finchum. The song also contains uncredited features from Chad Kroeger, Juice WRLD, and Viper. Chad Kroeger was credited at first, but his credit was removed due to the feature actually being a sample, causing controversy. The song was inspired by the beef with Beetlebat, putting his face on the cover art. However, none of the lyrics in the song relate to the Flex charts. The song peaked at number 14 on the Hot 100.

BOMBOCLAAT was released on September 11, 2020. The album received positive reviews from critics, many of whom enjoyed the absurd, over-the-top humor of the album and cited it as a one-of-a-kind listening experience. Every song on the album appeared in the Flex Entertainment Hot 100 Top 40.

Water Lasagna was released on November 13, 2020. It is Garfield's second mixtape.

He released the EP Super Gar-Gar World on December 25, 2020, which was subject to much controversy due to its 35-track length and 80 minute runtime. Hardly anyone actually listened to it because it was so long, and because Playboi Carti's long-awaited Whole Lotta Red album was released at the same time.

Yung Garfield officially departed from the label in February 2020. He has remained relatively quiet about his music endeavors ever since.

Controversies
Yung Garfield's career was defined by the extreme amounts of controversy surrounding him, with most people regarding him as the single most controversial artist in the history of Flex. Many have criticized his very crude sense of humor, which they don't see as "politically correct."

Yung Garfield and Lil Mosquito Disease engaged in a heated beef because Garfield was being annoying in Minecraft, and damaged Mosquito's prized Mosquito Mansion. Mosquito immediately kicked him from Flex and banned him from the server in a fit of rage, before letting him back in to quell the drama. Mosquito has since repeatedly stated that the beef was staged, and that everyone was "jebaited," but Garfield has argued that the beef was not staged and that Mosquito was actually angry at him over Minecraft. Most people agree with Garfield on this issue.

Yung Garfield was almost kicked from Flex in summer 2020 due to listing Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger as a featured artist on his single "Better Flex Charts," which horrified the executives. They aggressively forced him to remove the feature, which he did immediately. He later put the feature back on, which reignited their anger and threats, and he was forced to remove it again.

Yung Garfield and Lil Squeaky were repeatedly accused by Yung Schmoobin of not doing their job as administrators, which prompted the two to go on a signing spree, signing anybody they could. People criticized the two for signing too many random artists who wouldn't stick around, throwing off the label's plans for Flex Gang, vol. 2.5.

Albums

 * BOMBOCLAAT (2020)

Mixtapes

 * Super Gar-Gar (2019)
 * Water Lasagna (2020)

EPs

 * Super Gar-Gar World (2020)

Promotional Singles

 * "My Mom Beat Me Too" (2020)
 * "The Beans Is Now" (2020) 
 * "Gay Coyn Drive" (2020)
 * "I Am Retiring????" (2020)